henry da eith???

Question 1

5religious changes

Answer 1

girl go read your coursework idc

Question 2

COMPERTA MONASTICA!!!!

Answer 2

• Recorded the condition and conduct of the monasteries
• Listed the bad behaviour of the monks and nuns (lmao)

Question 3

Valor Ecclestiasticus

Answer 3

• Recorded the net worth and annual income of the monasteries
• Net income of the church was ~£380,000 (£122 million today wowza)

Question 4

Act for the Dissolution of the Smaller Monasteries, 1536

Answer 4

• Long name but does what it says on the tin
• Any that made under £200 per year
• Over 300 houses got yoinked

Question 5

The Act for the Dissolution of the GREATER Monasteries, 1539

Answer 5

• In response to the Pilgrimage of Grace
• Just scrapped the rest of the things
• All gone by 1540

Question 6

Lincolnshire uprising??? 1536!

Answer 6

• Began in Louth when riots due to rumours of the King scrapping the church and the monastery
• The Vicar also spread rumours that Henry was going to confiscate the treasure of all parish churches and tax baptisms, marriage and funerals
• Surrounding towns started to riot as well
• Horncastle - one of Cromwell’s agents and a bishop were murdered
• People marched on Lincoln, Henry sent Earl of Suffolk to put it down
• Rebellion squished when the gentry jumped ship

Question 7

Pigrimage of Grace!!!! Wow. 1536-37

Answer 7

• After the collapse of the Lincolnshire uprising, another began in Yorkshire
• Led by Robert Aske, revised demands + put focus on preserving the church and protecting monasteries
• Able to recruit both nobility and gentry - Lord Darcy, Sir Thomas Percy
• Rebels numbered over 30,000
• Didn’t initially appreciate the size of the uprising, sent Thomas Howard who took a month to arrive
• Norfolk was outnumbered, had to offer a truce + allowed rebels to submit complaints
• Aske drew up the Pontefract articles, submitted to Henry
• Henry issued a general pardon while he considered them, but was interrupted by moron Bigod

Question 8

Who was lovely Aske?

Answer 8

• A London lawyer
• Was kidnapped by the rebels and eventually persuaded to lead them
• Drew up Pontefract articles after the siege and taking of Pontefract Castle: wanted legitimisation of Mary, ridding of the ‘Evil Councillors’, meeting of parliament in York, end to monastery closures, restoration of links w/ Rome
• Had to be v. careful to not imply Henry wasn’t Head of the Church - treason
• Got lied to by Henry + fell for it like a moron, Henry turned back on his promises then hunted down and killed him and the other rebels

Question 9

Bigod’s rebellion

Answer 9

• Unlikely rebel - was a protestant, a JP, and a member of the Reformation Parliament
• Even helped compile the Valor Ecclestiasticus
• But he wanted monasteries reformed, not dissolved, so joined the rebels
• Didn’t trust Henry and felt Aske would never get acceptance of the Pontefract Articles, so revived the rebellion in Yorkshire
• Messed up, got beat up, ran off to Cumberland before being captured and hanged in 1537

Question 10

Duke of Norfolk + the Pilgrimage

Answer 10

• Led the faction that had opposed Wolsey, then promptly became a critic of Cromwell and Cranmer too
• Cromwell’s growing power weakened Norfolk’s influence, but he was still trusted by Henry
• Couldn’t crush the rebels by military means, so engineered their defeat by deceiving Aske and promising to take his demands seriously (lol)

Question 11

Impact of Pilgrimage + the suppression

Answer 11

• Threat to law and order in North, would continue through the Tudor period
• But dealt ruthlessly with Aske, Bigod & other captains to deter future rebels